Abstract
This research intends to draw implications for digital governance establishment by analyzing how the president’s leadership has worked in the digital government innovation promoted in South Korea over the past 30 years. This research examines the process of digital government development in South Korea from the 1990s onwards, chronologically and in the order of presidential administrations. The analysis proceeds from the following three perspectives: the political characteristics of digital government, the presidents’ leadership on government innovation through digital government process, and the composition of a strong cross and joint governmental promotion system. The implementation of digital government is not simply about a computerized government. Driving digital government means the overall transformation of government. From this point of view, to successfully implement digital governance, we must approach it from a highly political perspective. The implementation of digital government in South Korea has been continuously pursued as a national agenda. Since South Korea has a well-established high-speed information and communication infrastructure, e-Government and digital government innovation have been promoted as national agendas regardless of regime change. However, in this process, the president’s leadership determined the success or failure of digital government innovation. Therefore, the most important success factor for digital government innovation is securing policy sustainability regardless of administration change.
Highlights
Today, South Korea is recognized as the world’s leading country in information and communication, informatization, e-Government, and digital government
The First Presidential Committee on Government Innovation and Decentralization (PCGID), which confirmed and promoted the government innovation roadmap, was disbanded and the Second Committee was launched in April 2005
The Moon Jae-in government, which came to power in 2017, emphasized responding to the fourth industrial revolution rather than government innovation
Summary
South Korea is recognized as the world’s leading country in information and communication, informatization, e-Government, and digital government. 2022, 8, 2 implementation of digital government is not merely to introduce information and communication technology to the public sector but to pursue overall government innovation. South Korea has pursued various forms of informatization, e-Government, and digital government policies based on well-established high-speed information communication infrastructure. This was possible because the policies of the digital government were the only policies that could hardly face opposition from the opposition party, irrespective of administration change Based on these circumstances, this research intends to draw implications for digital governance establishment by analyzing how the president’s leadership has worked in the digital government innovation promoted in South Korea over the past 30 years
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